Where to Watch The Informer (1912)

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Informer' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Informer' right now, here are some particulars about the American Mutoscope & Biograph drama flick.

The Informer starring Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce has a NR rating, a runtime of about 18 min, and a scheduled release date of November 21st, 1912.

Let’s set the scene for you... Here's the plot: "The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet." .